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County partners praised for ‘collective commitment’ to safeguarding children
Source: theforestreview.co.uk THE multi-agency response to safeguarding children across Gloucestershire has been praised in a report following a wide-ranging inspection of services. Inspectors from Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC)…
World Athletics adopts new rules for Athletes’ Representatives and Safeguarding
Source: worldathletics.org Safeguarding The World Athletics Council has approved new Safeguarding Rules to guard against abuse, harassment or exploitation by World Athletics officials or which may occur at a World…
Adopted children’s names were disclosed on Scotland’s People website
The names of thousands of people adopted as children were available on a genealogy website, it has emerged. Safety and privacy fears were raised after a mother found details of…
Child protection support to crack down on abuse in schools
With the start of a new school year, a child protection charity is offering its services to educate the children in Oxfordshire about abuse. The National Society For the Prevention…
Government urged to protect children from domestic abuse during holidays
Children’s charity NSPCC is calling on the government to provide support for children suffering abuse during the school holidays. Domestic abuse of children increases during holidays as children spend more…
Safeguarding – What areas should leaders prioritise in 2023/24?
Ann Marie Christian highlights the safeguarding developments and priorities that school leaders should heed over the coming academic year… Some years ago, safeguarding arrangements within schools became an important part…
Safeguarding jobs round up – August 11, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
Below Deck Down Under: Jason Chambers addresses sexual misconduct row
Source: BBC News Captain Jason Chambers from Australian reality series Below Deck Down Under has addressed sexual misconduct on the show’s set. He thanked the production crew for “breaking the…
Secondary school absence continues to grow in wake of lockdown
Source: Daily Telegraph Record proportion of pupils missed at least a month of school in last academic year, according to Telegraph analysis. Secondary school pupils are increasingly missing from the…
Serious harms in care report to remain unpublished
The national statutory body for child safeguarding has refused to publish a report which analysed 48 separate incidents where children in care died or were seriously harmed (see its headline…
